Tongue-support



-P. B. STONE.

TONGUE SUPPORT.

Patented Aug. 25, 1-885.

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PARDON B. STONE, OF VVAVERLY, PENNSYLVANIA.

TONGUE-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,187, dated August 25, 1885.

A pplfcation filed July 8, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PARDON B. STONE, a citizen of the United States, residingat l Vaverly, in the cwiunty of Lackawannaand State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulimprovements in Vehicle-Tongue Supporters; of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to improvements in tongue-supports for vehicles; anditconsists ot' the construction and novel arrangement of devices hereinafter fully explained,and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the annexed drawings, to which reference is made, my invention is fully illustrated, in which Figure 1 represents a plan view of my de- Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the adjusting-yoke.

Refering by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the front hounds of a vehicle, and B the tongue, pivoted, thereto in the usual manner, all of which are of the wellknown construction.

0 indicates a spring constructed of a single piece of steel consisting of the front loop portion, a, therearward extending arms Z), and the coils c.

1) denotes a transverse bar, the opposite ends of which pass through the eyes of the coils, and arising from said bar are vertical bolts (1, which pass on either side of the rear portion of the tongue and back of the drawbolt, as at e, and are connected above the tongue by a transverse plate, E, having a hole in each end, through which said bolts pass, and on which are applied the nuts F.

It will be observed from the above descrip tion and by reference to the accompanying drawin that the tongue can be adjusted to an incline as well as to a horizontal position simply by manipulating the nuts and lowering the cross-bar D, or raising the same, as the case may be, thus relieving the horses necks from weight of the tongue, when thelatter will be supported by the rearward extending arms of the spring pressing upward against the un der side of theforward axle ofthe vehicle, causing the spring to pull down at the rear end of the tongue, back ofthe drmv-bolt, atthc same tin c that the front loop portion, a, presses up against the tongue in front of the draw-bolt. By this arrangement a small steel rod is of sufficient strength to supportthe tongue, thus avoiding the liability to break which always attends the coiling of a larger rod.

It will be further seen that my device can be readily and easily attached to and detached from different vehicles. At thesa-metime it is simple in construction and cheap to manufacture.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination,with the tongue and hounds, provided with the spring constructed as described, of the transverse bar I), provided with the vertical bolts d, having the adjusting-nuts and connected at their upper ends by the plate E, the whole adapted to operate as shown and described, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whcreofI aflix my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

. PARDON B. STONE.

\Vitnesses:

tonnur ROBINSON, E. J. LYNETT. 

